Hat and fastener for same



B. l. EADDY.

HAT AND FASTENER FOR SAME.

APPLICATION FILED m. 25. I921.

1,387,694, Patented Aug. 16, 1921..

Imam/$011 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAT AND FASTENER FOR SAME.

Application filed February 26, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

e it known that I, BERTRAND ISAAC EADDY, a citizen of the Dominion ofNew Zealand, and residing at 113 Grcenlane, R emuera, Auckland, in theProvincial Dlstrlct of Auckland, :1 subject of the Klng of Great Britainand Ireland, have invented certaln new and useful improvements in aninvention entitled an Improvement Relating to Hats and Fasteners forSame, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hats and fasteners for same and its object isto provide an improvement whereby hatpins may be passed through'the sameholes 1n the hat, each time they are used, thereby preventingdisfiguration of the hat by the piercing of fresh holes therein eachtime the hat is worn.

According to the invention a device comprising a flanged spring domecontaining central holes, and a female portion also containing a centralhole and into which said dome is adapted to snap, is employed at oneside of the crown of a hat a similar device being secured to the crownat a point directly opposite the first device.

Each device is secured to the hat by passing the dome through a hole inthe material from one side and pressing the female portion on to thedome from the other side of the material, whereby the latter is firmlygripped in the device and the hole is pre vented from enlarging.

The invention will be more particularly described with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of a hatprovided with the improvement and showing a pin passed through the hat.

Figs. 2 and 3 are slightly enlarged sectional views of the two parts ofthe device.

The device consists of a spring dome 1 provided at its smaller end witha flange 2 countersunk in the outer side and a female part 3 containinga circular recess 3 reduced in diameter at the entrance.

The dome 1 is adapted to snap into and be retained in the recess 3 andwhen the two parts are fitted together a central hole 4 in the femalepart 3 is in line with holes 5 formed centrally in the other or malepart, in order that a hat pin may be passed centrally through thedevice.

In practice two of the devices are employed for each hat pin used, andthey aresecured to the crown of the hat at directly opposite points.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921. Serial No. 448,080.

To adjust the devices to the hat, openings (3 are made in the hat crown,directly opposite each other. The pin 7 is then passed through a dome 1from the flanged side, and entered in an opening 6 from outside the hatwhereupon a female part 3 and another flanged dome 1 are slipped on thepin -7 inside the crown in the order mentioned and as shown. The pin 7is then passed through the opposite opening 6 in the crown and anotherpart 3 is slipped on the pin 7 outside the hat.

n forcing the two parts of each device together the domes 1 are causedto project through the openings 6 and snap into the recesses 3 in theparts 3.

The pin 7 can then be withdrawn leaving the devices secured to the hatat directly opposite points the material of the crown being firmlygripped in each case between a flange 2 and a part 3.

Once the devices are adjusted and secured to the hat in alinement witheach other as described. the pin 7 can be readily passed through them,the countersinking of the flanges 2 in the entrance sides of thedevices, guiding the point of the pin 7 to the holes at and 5.

The devices can' be readily changed from hat to hat as required, and theexposed portions can be ornamented according to taste.

.Vhat I do claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is A device of the character described adapted for application toa hat, a compressible spring dome having a central pin receivingaperture. a laterally projecting flange carricd by the relatively smallterminal of the dome having a countersunk portion, and an apertureadapted to receive a pin, and a socket member having a recess decreasingin diameter toward its open end adapted to re ceive and compress thedome, said socket member having a relatively narrow edge presented toand of less diameter than the flange and disposed in close relation tothe latter whereby to firmly clamp a portion of the material of a hat tomaintain the device in position thereon.

In testimony whereof I affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

BER-TRAN D ISAAC EADDY.

Witnesses WILLIAM PINCHES, MARY PIOKINGTON.

